Import of unwrought tantalum, including bars, rods simply sintered, scrap to United Kingdom grows in 2017

Annual

1993 to
2017

Kilogram

Tantalum import greatly grew by 151.64 percent in comparison with the previous year, adjusted figures from United Nations Statistical Office demonstrate. Tantalum import climbed sharply by 119 171 kilogram, in comparison to the prior year when it decreased by 53.56%. United Kingdom saw a fall of 60.38% in tantalum import over the past 25 years. Moreover, it has had an increase at a 0.15% CAGR during the last five years with a marginal overall decrease since the 1993. It averaged 373 236.88 kilogram from 1993 to 2017 and it reached its all-time high of 3 387 060 kilogram in 2002 and record low of 78 590 kilogram in 2016.